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In Japan, she is known as a zainichi kankokujin — “a Korean in Japan”.
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Arguments have been raised that Japan is a multi-ethnic country, consisting of zainichi Koreans, Ainu, and Ryukyu, but this is just the perspective of critics.
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The situation is like a Japanese Only Usenet, so there are never-ending anonymous posts bashing Koreans and zainichi.
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When Japan regained its autonomy in 1952, the Japanese government unilaterally took away citizenship from all zainichi, who up until them had been recognized as Japanese.
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There are an estimated 670,000 zainichi kankokujin in Japan, and of these about 150,000 are thought to be affiliated with the group, its schools, or its businesses.
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The chairman of Mukugenokai which is one of zainichi Korean organization said Who wants to be Japanese?
Tokyo trying to evict Korean school from public property » Japundit Blog 2005
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Not all zainichi kankokujin are harmless women who just want to advance their career and boost their income.
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To say this is the fault of the zainichi themselves for not applying for to get (their) citizenship (back) seems to me a peculiar twist of logic, and an unfair shift of blame.
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For the record, this proposal isn't really about gaijin like me at all, since 91% of the "foreigners" holding permanent residence status here are zainichi Koreans, descendents from the Koreans who lived and worked in Japan mostly from 1910 through the end of World War II.
Anime Nano! 2010
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Hollywood continues to invest heavily in the Chinese film industry, reports Blue Chong (2000), both of which were "musings on the unravelling of the social fabric of Japan and in particular on the identity of the zainichi, Japan's ethnic Korean community."
GreenCine Daily 2009
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